Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

KCG announces consolidated loss of $0.13 per share for the third quarter of 2016

KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) has reported a consolidated loss of $11.2 million, or $0.13 per share, for the third quarter of 2016. The third quarter consolidated loss includes an income tax benefit of approximately $6.1 million or $0.07 per share primarily related to tax deductions and credits generated from the company's software development activities. Select…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States reached a new record high of 2.416 trillion US dollars at the end of Q3 2016

ETFGI, the independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, has reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States reached a new record high US$2.416 trillion at the end of Q3 2016. Net flows gathered by ETFs/ETPs in September were strong with US$13.63 Bn of net new assets gathered…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on Titanium Wealth Management firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Titanium Wealth Management. Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has already warned about Titanium Wealth Management Inc. Titanium Wealth Management is not…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

KCG bondpoint expands institutional reach with Bloomberg connection

KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) has announced that KCG BondPoint, the company's electronic fixed income trading venue, is expanding its integration with buy-side OMS providers through a new integrated workflow with Bloomberg. Beginning today, Bloomberg TSOX clients, and those who use Bloomberg AIM for post-trade automation, will be able to source and manage BondPoint's deep pool…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Pragma announces completion of infrastructure upgrade with NY5 migration

Pragma, a provider of high performance algorithmic trading tools and managed services, has completed the upgrade and migration of its New York trading and connectivity infrastructure to Equinix’s NY5 data center. The datacenter move concludes a multi-million-dollar upgrade of Pragma’s technology infrastructure. Over the last year, it has migrated to a new generation of server…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

BlackfortFX's Jimmie McNicholl finally charged as administrator reveals size of Ponzi scheme

A man has appeared in the Christchurch District Court today on charges filed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in relation to an alleged foreign exchange (Forex) trading scheme purportedly operated by Arena Capital Limited trading as BlackfortFX. Jimmie McNicholl has been charged under the Crimes Act with one charge of ‘Obtaining by deception’. Another…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC reprimands and fines two JP Morgan entities HK$5.6 million for regulatory breaches

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPMSAP) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (JPMCB), and fined them $3 million and $2.6 million respectively for regulatory breaches including disclosure failures in research reports and offering offshore listed index options without the required licences. The SFC’s investigations into the…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Market Misconduct Tribunal bans Andrew Left of Citron Research from trading securities in Hong Kong

The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) has ordered that Mr Andrew Left of Citron Research be banned from trading securities in Hong Kong for the maximum period of five years without the leave of the court after finding him culpable of disclosing false or misleading information inducing transactions under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) in…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FxPro announces consistently positive slippage percentages in Q3 2016 execution statistics

Global retail forex and CFDs broker FxPro has announced key execution statistics registered during the months of July, August, and September 2016. For yet another quarter, the order execution data registered has reflected FxPro’s ongoing focus on slippage symmetry, with Q3 results on a par with the ones observed in previous quarters and positive slippage…

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October 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group FX Futures ADV grows 57% MoM

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced September's overview of FX futures and options. Here are some of the highlights: FX Futures September 2016 FX Futures ADV of 904,263 ($88.1 billion notional) FX Futures ADV grew 57% from August and is up 3% compared to September 2015 Volume growth trend in emerging market…

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